X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:32:23 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: local cygwin mirror Message-ID: <20060312003223.GA10220@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <441340D8.997B0D70@dessent.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 04:48:45PM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote: >On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Brian Dessent wrote: >> Stuart McGraw wrote: >>>- setup.exe's idea of what to download seems to depend on what is >>>installed on the download machine. Is there some way to tell setup.exe >>>to only download new/updated packages that are not already in the >>>download directory, and not pay any attention to what is installed? I >>>find it a very confusing program to use. >> >>You could try temporarily renaming out of the way >>/etc/setup/installed.db so that setup thinks there are no packages >>installed. It will then try to download all selected packages that are >>not already in the local download dir. It should be obvious that you'd >>do this with the "download only" option and not actually try to install >>anything in this state. > >I wonder if it would make sense to add a "Pure Download" checkbox that >is only enabled when "Download Only" is selected, with the net effect >of ignoring installed.db? Just an idea for the archives... No, please. I don't think we need YA option to confuse people and, as has been previously mentioned, "setup.exe is not a mirroring program". cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/